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I don't concern myself with hypothermia much. I's a constant in the game on interloper. I just keep an eye on the meter. Exhaustion is the one I loathe. It does actually affect your load. Once you get a lot of crafted clothing on (bear, wolf, deer, rabbit) you aren't going to be running a whole lot. I don't think it was ever the intent of the devs to make TLD realistic. You just play it long enough  to intuitively know how far you can push the dials (and still die eventually!). Haha.

One of the dumbest things I still occasionally do is walk into a fire.

I fell off the dam once and didn't die. I got bored and decided to try and put an arrow in the wolf on the ice below. It was a looong fall, cracked everyting, but didn't die. The dam base gradually slopes outward so I guess that's what saved me. I was pleasantly surprised

On 12/16/2020 at 10:18 AM, Serenity said:

It's not such a huge task as it sounds. You can do almost all of it in CH itself. Maybe with a quick trip to another region. Certain items like bullets can be a bit of an issue

Yup, I had to visit DP to collect a few things. Don't remember exactly what, but I do remember the trip! :)

There's more little niceties that could be added. For instance, if you have a torch lit and start a fire, select the torch. If the sun is out and you have the mag lens, select it.

So, have you figured out how to keep warm with teas?  Grab all the shrooms, berries, birch bark, coffee, and tea you come across. Keep them all cooked up. It only takes a couple sticks to warm them. This will build your cooking skill much faster too. Bonus, If you find all the crackers and coffee at TWM you can stay spun for days and cover a lot of ground.

I, Hatchet Jack, being of sound mind and broke legs, do hereby leaveth my bear rifle to whatever finds it. It is a good rifle, and killt the bear that killt me. Anyway, I am dead.

Yours truly,

Hatchet Jack

Or in a stand of trees I'll lean left/right trying to spot a critter.

If you haven't changed your Field of View setting, maybe give it a try. This can change your perception quite a bit.

On 11/25/2020 at 6:20 AM, vega said:

bearskin coat ? bearskin bedroll ? or wolf jacket...

I'm not sure how you would notice which repels wolves better. I've put 750+ hours in and haven't noticed any difference. Sometimes a wolf will approach then run off yelping but I haven't associated that behavior with clothing. I just avoid the critters at all cost early game, or use torches to run them off. Once I get my bow skill up, wolves aren't a problem, they're just a nuisance. I'm referring to interloper here.

Same issues here. Wont save key bindings and item selection is wonky (I have to hunt for a good spot to select an item). And this happend after the Halloween update. I found the config file, deleted it and hey! It loaded my old key bindings. But, If I change them again, it writes a new config file and I'm back to square one. Bleh.

Were any of the towers added for the "Signal to Noise" mission in story mode? Or have they always been there...

On 11/15/2020 at 6:49 AM, Glflegolas said:

If you're interested in living off the land, there are some great options in the Hushed River Valley.

I think I like HRV because I can't get the whole map in my head at once.  I've spent a few weeks visits on interloper and still don't have it all memorized. I think it's due to all the different elevations. There are a ton of elevations between the valley cave (bottom) and the peak cave (top). Sometimes I wish I could turn on fly-mode/no-clip like other games.

On 11/13/2020 at 9:49 AM, odizzido said:

I think they should implement a campfire explosion which sends shrapnel, killing anything within a certain radius.

Hahaha! I would be happy if I could just get some of my wood back after it's blown out. That seems perfectly sensible, IMO.  But, that would mean more code for each burn, keeping track of fuel type and count.

6 hours ago, TiffTastic said:

I rifle one hit killed a moose on TWM, hit it in the neck from distance, and it just fell over. Kinda took me a second to mentally process it,  then I was like “woohoo! Mooseburgers right now!”

Haha. Yup. I did a double take. Did that really just happen?

Apparently, you can whack a moose with one shot. Didn't think that was possible.  Day 65 on interloper with level 4 archery. I would say it's due to my archery skill, but my first shot missed completely! The first shot was from just outside the aggro radius, the second was just inside, so they were both distance shots.  I've find it very strange that I have much greater success hitting the target if they are facing me. I don't mean a kill, I mean just hitting the critter. That was the case here. The first missed shot was broadside. The second, head on. Both were only a step or two difference in distance. The moose wasn't moving in either shot.

I hear in a couple of months, we'll see a fat guy in a sleigh passing overhead. He might even drop a present with just the thing you need at that moment. Maybe a brand new toque!

BR is actually where stalker got boring for me. I was at about 155 days in the hunter's lodge and just killed another moose at the pond. I think it's a well made map though. I like the multi-level layout. Oh, and there's a grave to be visited there at the shed in one of the challenges (As the dead sleep).

On 10/15/2020 at 3:00 AM, jeffpeng said:

Well, it's not like it stays that way.

Yes! Should have said it's a nice place to hang out ... for a while

On 10/15/2020 at 3:00 AM, jeffpeng said:

That fire is one of those 99%ers. But I can confirm that it's not a 100% safe.

Well that's good to know. I wont be too disappointed when it goes poof one day.

Third time it stuck. It was starting back over at about 88% every time. I got the idea to spend a whole day torch-lighting a few camp fires with a single stick each. By the time I lit the last one, the first one went out. Round and around. Bumped the meter up real quick

In my opinion, HRV is one of the better interloper starts. Plenty of stalks to eat, matches, and shelter in the caves.  There might also be some key loot to be found, but you have to know the region. I never stay long, but if the RNG gods are kind I can exit to Milton with a good head start. From there, work your way to the FM forge through ML or the basin.

This probably isn't anything new but I found the perfect spot to fight off cabin fever at the garage. The left fire seems to be wind-proof where it's at. I've had blizzards blow from every direction and it stays lit. The right one, not so much. Sleep, craft, and read in the truck.

Get all the bitey stompy things bagged and skinned and the garage is actually a nice place to hang out. I didn't think that was going to be possible on interloper but with enough persistence...

The game has informed me twice that I reached Fire Master. But, when I start a new sandbox, the feature is still locked. Any one else experience this? I searched for "fire master" on the forum and found nothing related.

Thanks for all the constructive replies folks. Hope I didn't come off as an ass. I'm really not bitter. Just some personal observations. Maybe a little ranting. I've put about 550 hours into the game working my way up to interloper. Stalker got boring. I think I've given it a fair shake. Definitely got my money's worth.  Oh, and I too think the goofy cartoon graphics are great. I've got more than one screenshot saved.

I've been playing the TLD for a while now. I keep waiting for the fun that never comes. No fun, and very little skill involved. Either X is guaranteed or completely up to the RNG. So if there's no real fun, why would I keep playing it? After giving it some thought, I've come to the conclusion it's an addiction, pure and simple. It's like those mindless "unboxing" videos that get millions of views. Every container is a little package I get to open. If it contains an item (any item), my brain releases those feel-good chemicals called endorphins. Weeeeee, I got a prize! That's TLD in a nut shell. You frantically run from one slot machine to the next. And there's a lot of handles to pull! Most everything else in the game is filler, literally there to pass time until the next pull.